US Patent Issued to SK hynix on Sept. 8 for "Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,147, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same" was invented by Min Chul Sung (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Seiyon Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Yangsung Joo (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes: a bit line; an oxide semiconductor pillar extending vertically from the bit line; a capacitor over the oxide semiconductor pillar; and a word line disposed over a sidewall of the oxide semiconductor pillar, wherein the oxide semiconductor pillar includes: a lower oxide semiconductor interface lay...